Sanjay Subrahmanyan @ R.R. Sabha, Chennai (27 Jan 2007)

ram · Post by **ram** » 28 Jan 2007, 00:13

Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Auditorium, East Mada St, Mylapore, Chennai

Date: 27 Jan 2007

Organizer: Rasika Ranjani Sabha (R.R.Sabha)

Vocal: Sri. Sanjay Subrahmanyan

Violin: Sri S.Varadarajan

Mridangam: Sri Neyveli Venkatesh

List of songs:

1) chalamu sEyanEla (varnam) - hindOLam - Adi - tiger varadAchAriAr

2) kalayAmi - kannaDa - misra chApu - swAti tiruNAL (OS)

3) sundaratara dEham - pantuvarALi - Adi - thyAgarAja (ANS)

4) paruvam pArka - danyAsi - rUpakam - Anai ayyA (A)

5) srI subramaNyAya - kAmbOji - tisra Eka - muthuswAmi dIkshitar (AST)

6) yAr pOi solluvAr - tOdi - misra chApu - ghanam krishna iyer

7) tEril ErinAn - kalyANi - rUpakam - pApanAsam sivan

8 ) tirisila giriyAr - chenchuruTTi - Adi - ??

9) kAdi mOdi (tiruppugazh) - shankarAbharaNam - ** (see below) - aruNagirinAthar

10) nI nAma rUpa mulaku (mangaLam) - sowrAshTram - Adi - thyAgarAja

** each avartanam of talam for song 9 was put as two tisra chApus followed by a kanDa chApu followed by a kanDa ekam

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)

Sri Sanjay Subrahmanyan never ceazes to amaze me. What a repertoire of songs !! What quality raga alapanas !!! What an imagination !!!! I could just go on and on. One thing I think will surely happen is that about 10-15 years from now, there will be at least 10 songs that would be associated with his name for having been popularised by him.

Sri Sanjay began this wonderful concert of his with the awesome hindOLam raga varnam of Sri Tiger Varadachariar, one of my personal favorites. The relatively short pantuvarALi alapana that came after the song kalayAmi was beautifully executed by both Sri Sanjay and Sri Varadarajan. It was as though a crash course in pantuvarALi alapana singing was being provided for the benefit of rasikas and students of music. The alapanas, neravals, kalpana swarams, song renditions etc can all be described with the most choiciest adjectives and would yet probably fall short of describing the way Sri Sanjay performed.

Sri Varadarajan and Sri Neyveli Venkatesh have played in so many concerts now for Sri Sanjay and this, along with the fact that they are playing for such a top class performer would obviously be extracting the best out of them. Sri Venkatesh played a very good taniavartanam in tisra Ekam comprising the chatusra and misra naDais.

A very very satisfying concert indeed !!!!!

Source: http://ramsabode.wordpress.com/2007/01/ ... a-chennai/

saranga · Post by **saranga** » 28 Jan 2007, 08:07

Kalayami in kannada appears to be a new song on the concert scene. GNB used to sing Kalaymi raguramam in Begada.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 28 Jan 2007, 08:36

yAr pOi solluvAr? is not one of ANDAl's verses.
Lakshman, could you please oblige with the name of the composer?
Is it a different kalayAmi? I have only heard the bEgaDa version.
kADa mODi??
So many mega rAgAs--kAmbOdi, thODi, kalyANi...thEril ERinAn--a personal favorite...

meena · Post by **meena** » 28 Jan 2007, 08:57

yAr pOi solluvAr is Ganam Krishna Iyer's

gs · Post by gs » 28 Jan 2007, 09:01

tirisila giriyAr - My uncle said it is an MKT song

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 28 Jan 2007, 09:07

Did he say, from which film?

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 28 Jan 2007, 09:10

Thanks Meena--I thought as much, but my memory is not to be trusted at all times. Best to get it from 'authoritative' sources...

ram · Post by **ram** » 28 Jan 2007, 10:10

Thanks arasi, meena .... was stupid of me to misattribute it especially after verifying the composer's name from one of Sri Sanjay's Charsur Digital Workstation releases. Looks like I need to stop posting too late into the night.

sbala · Post by **sbala** » 28 Jan 2007, 10:59

A great concert indeed! I enjoyed all the renditions but I felt the tani lifted the concert to a different level.. Wish I could get more technical but I'm not there yet!

gs · Post by gs » 28 Jan 2007, 12:57

@ arasi

No. He couldn't place it. But he was positive it was an MKT song.

To me kAmbOji was the high point. I was hoping for an RTP in vain. Do RTPs have a tag "December only"?

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 28 Jan 2007, 13:28

For what line in Sri Subramanyaya namaste did sanjay sing the swaram for? Was there no neraval for this song? How long was the concert for?

gs · Post by gs » 28 Jan 2007, 15:28

No neraval for kAmbOji. In fact, no elaborate neraval in the entire concert.

prasanna83 · Post by **prasanna83** » 28 Jan 2007, 16:13

He sang swarams for the line "Tapatraya"

kaapi · Post by **kaapi** » 28 Jan 2007, 16:49

A lot of members seem to have attended this concert.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 28 Jan 2007, 18:45

I have tirushIla giriyAr darishanam oru nAL kaNDAl kali tIrumE under kurinji but the composer's name is missing.

The text of ST song:

kalayAmi hrdi. rAgA: kannaDa. cApu tALA.

P: kalayAmi hrdi nandaka maNIya bAlam
A: jayajAsana vinata caraNa vAriruhamAdyam
C1: yamuna puLina vihAriNam vraja yauvata sammadakAriNam
kOmaLa vandAmadhAriNam bahu gOpa vrnda vrtam amburuhAkSam
2: dEva mauli paritOSaNam vara dEha parilasita bhUSaNam
bhAva harSi mrdu bhASaNam ripu davAdava mati mEcaka bhAsam
3: sOma vamsha divya maNDanam vidhu sUmukhamakhila pApa khaNDanam
bhauma dAnava caNDadaNDanam shrI padmanAbha mama lAshaya sEvam

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 29 Jan 2007, 03:39

prasanna83 wrote:He sang swarams for the line "Tapatraya"

Thanks - that is where GNB has sung neraval and swarams as opposed to the more traditional vAsavAdi line popularised by Ariyakudi, Musuri, etc.